Hyacinth Chinweuba
The Police in Anambra has reported a fatal accident that killed a man in Onitsha today.
According to SP Haruna Mohammed, PPRO, Anambra State Police Command, “Today being Friday 5/6/2020 at about 8:30am a Prado Jeep with Registration No.UWN 227 PE driven by one Tochukwu Onyejekwe ‘m’ aged 26 years of New auto spare parts Nkpor lost control of his car while driving along Enugu/Onitsha Expressway by old defunct NITEL Onitsha.
As a result, the jeep knocked down the driver of a shuttle bus with registration number AWK 279 XJ one Osita Ekpere ‘m’ and hit three other shuttle busses before crashing into the drainage.”
Mohammed reported that Police operatives attached to CPS Onitsha quickly mobilised to the scene and rushed the victim to Toronto hospital where he was confirmed dead on arrival by a medical doctor on duty.
Meanwhile, corpse was deposited at the mortuary for postmortem examination and obstruction cleared to enable free flow of traffic.
The suspect has been arrested and case under Investigation to ascertain circumstances surrounding the incident.